Richard Shorten is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham. He is a political theorist who specializes in the history of political ideas, with particular reference to twentieth-century Europe.

Professor Jason Mercer is part of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection at the University of Birmingham.

James Doran is a PhD candidate in University College Dublin's Clinton Institute. He works on American Government, specializing in the American Presidency; presidential rhetoric; domestic policy; and the presidency of Barack Obama.

Judith Smith is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham.

Fiona Nunan is Professor of Environment and Development at the University of Birmingham. Her interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploration of the links between poverty and the environment.

Tori Egherman has written about issues related to Iran for publications such as Arseh Sevom, Prospect, The Guardian, Global Voices, and re-construction. She is co-author of Iran: View from Here and co-editor of Hope, Votes & Bullets.

Tendayi Bloom is a Political and Legal Theorist at the University of Birmingham.. She is interested in questions of non-citizenship, statelessness, and human mobility.

Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade is a Research Fellow in the University of Birmingham Business School, specializing in Emerging and Industry 4.0 Technology.

David Bailey is Professor of Business Economics at the Birmingham Business School and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe Programme.